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Originally Posted by panton41
It's basically a Hallmark Christmas romance, but it takes place in 2115 and includes elements like mind emulation, biological androids, implanted AIs, full sensory "stims" and take on sensationalist infotainment "journalism." I really liked the game seed in one of the books that suggested everyday life would be so weird in the future that even a "slice of life" story like a sitcom would be interesting.
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There was a short-lived TV series, Century City, focused on a mid-twenty-first century law firm in Los Angeles, that exemplified that principle quite beautifully.